Time for Tags

Happy Thursday All!

Today I have a TAG to share with you!  I know ... that's something you don't see me make very often  ... right!    Either I don't do a lot of gift giving that requires a tag or I forget to make tags for when I do have a gift to give!  LOL   What can I say?  Must be my age showing!  LOL

Anyways ... over on the Poppystamps Challenge, their theme for December is 'Anything But A Card' so that meant a TAG would be the perfect quick project to create so I could play along.

The dies I've used on my tag are as follows:

Poppystamps - Birch Stitched Frame (#2074)
Poppystamps - Peaceful Bird (#929)
Yvonne Creations - Holly Jolly Music Border (YCD10070) [used only a portion of it]
Sue Wilson - Pierced Tags (#CED4305)

Hunkydory - Let it Snow (birds)

I do have a gift that this tag will work perfectly on so I'm happy to report that this tag will be loved by someone this holiday season!  I did use Gold and Red Stickles for a touch of sparkle and of course the red satin ribbon at the top.

Challenges to share in:

Festive Friday Challenge #74 - Red, Green, Holly, Ribbon

 The Paper Funday Challenge #24 - AG w/Optional Twist - Christmas/Holiday
QKR Stampede Challenge #410 - AG
Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round December Challenge - Anything But a Card

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're almost ready for the big day!  After all, Christmas Eve is only ONE Week Away!!!   Yikes!!

As always . . .

Double D Challenge - Poinsettias

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Double D Challenge Blog!

I'm happy to say I am hosting today's challenge and today's theme is:

POINSETTIAS

The design team ladies have come up with some amazing designs for your inspiration, be sure to pop over and check 'em out!  Speaking of inspiration ... here's the mood board I created ... hope it helps to inspire you!

Here's today's creation . . .

Those who know me know I love the color purple so of course my eye was drawn to the purple poinsettia in the upper right corner.

For my poinsettias I have used the Poppystamps 'Stitched Poinsettia Trio' (#1608) die set.  My greenery was created by snipping apart a Sue Wilson 'Holly Swirl' (CED3106) die cut panel.

My sentiment panel came from the Hunkydory 'Holly Jolly Christmas' die set.

I loved making these poinsettia and used Heartfelt Creations PRILL for the centers.

We have this fabulous Elizabeth Craft - Poinsettia die offered as the prize to one lucky random winner.  Remember ... you gotta play to win!

 

So be sure to pop over to the Double D Challenge Blog to see all the details and amazing samples offered up by our VERY TALENTED design team ladies!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you at Double D!

As always . . .

Dies R Us Challenge - Winter Wonderland

Hello Friends!

Here we are in the middle of December and that means it's time for another fun challenge over on the  Dies R Us Challenge Blog. Our theme today is:

Winter Wonderland

 

 Dies used on today's card are:

Sue Wilson Designs - Festive Collection - Frosty Snowflake Border
 
 

Sue Wilson Designs - Festive Collection - Peeking Snowflake

On my white card base, I sponged around the outside edge with Tim Holtz 'Salty Ocean' Distress ink using the Picket Fence Studios Blender Brushes.






 To add my snowflake border, I used a narrow strip of dimensional tape across the top.  Since the other sticky side would show through the holes on the front of the panel, I decided to burnish those sticky open pieces with some ice blue glitter.  Here's a close up ... (so much prettier in person!)

Don't forget to check out sister store in Canada . . .

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in USA & Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada. Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different. Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Scrapbooking & Cardmaking Store

I hope you will come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. 

Challenges to share in:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  (W, 5E) ICE COLD
Stamps & Fun = Creativity  (2W, JFF)  #380 WINTER (WEEK 1)

The Paper Girls  (2W 1st & 3rd Mondays, layouts, cards, F, 3E) #213 SNOWFLAKES (WEEK 2)

 Use Your Stuff  (2W) #412 WINTER/SNOW/CHRISTMAS (WEEK 2)

Cupcake Inspirations  (2W, 3E) #508 PHOTO INSPIRATION* (WEEK 2)

 

 For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

  Hope to see you there!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
  

As always . . .

Tutti Designs - Joy To The World

  Hello Tutti Designs Friends!

Christmas is right around the corner and I don't know about you but I'm still working on my holiday cards ... I'd better hurry or they're not going to make it to their destination in time!

I've gone back in time and used some older holiday dies for today's Slimline design.  BTW, did you know that Tutti now carrys slimline dies?  Check 'em out HERE.

Here's a list of dies used on today's card ...

Caroler Family

Joy To The World

Pinecone Branch

Snow Flurries

 

 

Here's a close up of the Carolers so you can see that I die cut them from white card stock then glued them to a panel of Kraft card stock and did a little fussy cutting to give them a solid background.  You may have also noticed that I did a little more fussy cutting ... on the pine cone corner panel also.  Don't you love it when you can use your dies in various ways!?!

Here's also a peek at how I finished off the inside ... 

Please be sure to pop over to the Tutti Designs Store and check out all of the fabulous dies available. Need more inspiration?  The team has something new to share on the Tutti Designs Blog  EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY!  

Pop in often and see for yourself ... what a talented group of designers!!

For your convenience, here are all the Tutti Designs quick links you will need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

Tutti Designs UK Store

Wishing you all an AMAZING day ahead! 

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!

 

 

A Woodsy Birthday Card

 Happy Sunday Friends!

Today I have a card to share that I created for a sketch challenge my friend Diane (Nellie's Nest) directed me to.  I wasn't sure what theme I was going to use with this sketch but here's what I ended up with and I've very pleased with the outcome.

 

Inside View

The challenge I'm referring to is the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge.

I've had this image in my stash for quite some time and thought it would work well with these papers from Mintay.  I've used Memory Box 'Pinpoint Square Layers' dies (#30060) to die cut the image and Tutti Designs 'Stitched Nesting Tags' for my tag.

I must admit I enjoy working with a sketch! 
To me, the first element for my creation has been done for me!  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!
Christmas is right around the corner ... GEESH Time is Flying!

Be safe out there my friends!!
Stay Healthy!

Birthday Cards for the Ladies!

 Happy Weekend All!

Here are a few birthday cards I created for a friend who sends lots of birthday cards to her neighbors.  Hope she likes them!

This first card design was very easy and I actually made TWO identical cards.  My camera didn't really capture the true color very well .... it's mauve and very pretty IRL.   The 3D embossing folder is by Nellie's Choice and though difficult to see in the photo, I've added Diamond Stickles to the centers of the flowers.  Again ... very pretty IRL.

 This next set of cards, as you can see, are very similar to each other.
I've used the same elements:   Anna Griffin embossing folder, Memory Box 'Blushing Bouquet' floral die, Cheery Lynn Designs 'Fishtail Banners', Altenew sentiment stamp & Nuvo Crystal Drops.
But, I've designed them a little differently one to the other.

 

Here are individual photos so you can get a closer look at the details.

Did you notice the difference in color this purple card (below) has from the photo above?  For some reason, my camera plays games with my purples & blues.  Any card I photograph in my light box that is blue, it puts a pink haze around it (see above) and I'm never sure what I'm going to get if I use purple!  LOL  The card below is actually truer in color of the card!

Embossing folders make creating cards quick & easy! 
I really need to use mine more often!  I have a LOT of embossing folders ... but obviously LESS memory  LOL!

Challenges to share in:
Let's Squash It Challenge #3 - Use any EF and Dies/Fussy Cutting
Creative Knockouts Challenge #380 - ATG
Crafty Creations December Challenge - ATG

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!
As always . . .

Masculine Birthday Cards

 Happy Friday to you!
WOW!  Christmas is FAST approaching and I don't know about you but I actually think I might be ready this year!  LOL   Must be all that 'having to stay at home' time!  That means I actually had some time to be creative with things other than Christmas!  After sending out over 100 cards this year, I was more then happy to create something OTHER THAN a holiday card!  LOL

Plus, a friend of mine requested a few masculine birthday cards  ...  so here we go!

Once again I turned to Pinterest for inspiration and found THIS card.  Thanks to the designer for her inspiration.   I have used MINTAY papers for today's cards ... they are all so beautiful!  This first card utilizes the 'Winderness' paper pad.

My second card using papers from the 'Marina' paper pad.  On the front & back covers of these paper pads are several images.  I fussy cut the lighthouse from the back cover to use on this card (also fussy cut the fox from the cover of that paper pad for the card sentiment panel above).  Red/white striped ribbon was used above & below my sentiment to bring attention to the top of the light house.

For this last card, I've used papers from the 'Cozy Evening' paper pad.
The woodgrain background was one sheet ... the sentiment was stamped on a die cut panel of the reverse side of this sheet.   And my focus image was fussy cut from another sheet.  The flip side of that sheet was also used for the matting of my sentiment die cut panel.  VIOLA!  This one was really quick & easy but I think packs a PUNCH!!

I still have a few more to make so I'm headed back over to Pinterest for more inspiration!

Hope you have a fabulous day and weekend ahead!
As always, thanks so much for stopping by and please stay healthy!

Sympathy Cards

Hello Friends!

I hope you are all staying safe & healthy! 
I had a request for some sympathy cards, and even though I still
had some available in my sale boxes, I wanted to make up
a few more since I'm not sure what this ladies is looking for exactly.

 
I went to Pinterest for inspiration and there was this design that caught my eye!  Then I realized it was designed by my crafting friend Connie.  It's back from 2018 but I was able to locate it and get a little more detail on how she created it.  I decided to make one masculine and one feminine in color.  Thanks so much Connie for wonderful inspiration!

What Connie had done was use a die to create a template then sponged in the color for the background.  Easy and very effective.  I will be using 'my template' for future cards and not only sentiment!  I can think of several ways to create using a homemade stencil such as this! 

The stamps I've used for the foreground images are very old and the sentiment comes from a Stamp Simply stamp set #SS-039.

For this second card design I simply created a rainbow effect with my Tim Holtz Oxide Distress inks then added this beautiful sentiment (another Stamp Simply stamp set #SS-040).  

 

Did you notice that the white center panel is actually the panel that I die cut to create my stencil for the cards above?  

For my last two cards, I used the same basic design but switched out the sentiments.

Once again I've created a template (stencil) for my circle using a die.  After creating this first card I decided the circle was too large so I created another stencil using the next smaller die.  I used a double matting on the first card but only a single on the second card.  The focus floral image is an OLD wooden block stamp by Endless Creations and I've used different sentiments.

That's all I have to share with you today.  Once again, please take care of yourself and stay safe.  We aren't through this pandemic yet but I'm praying we are getting closer.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
As always . . .